2010 IndyCar Series

2010 IndyCar Series schedule

Series news

• Announced in a press conference at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on November 5, 2009, clothier Izod signed on as the series' new title sponsor from 2010 to 2015, with an option for two additional years. According to Robin Miller, the deal was worth $10 million per year with at least $5 million toward promotions and marketing. It would additionally include a payout of $100,000 per car, per year to teams eligible for the TEAM revenue-sharing program, and possible partial funding for a full-time car for Ryan Hunter-Reay, whom received sponsorship backing from the brand in 2009. This was the third title sponsorship in the IndyCar Series' history; previous sponsorships were provided by Pep Boys and Northern Light.
• On September 23, 2009 it was confirmed that Honda would extended their role as a series's standard single engine supplier contract for another two years until the end of 2011 season.
• On November 25, 2009, a season opening race in São Paulo, Brazil was confirmed by city authorities and an Indy Racing League press release. The race, the São Paulo Indy 300, took place on a temporary street course. Despite the long travel distance for the teams, the event was lucrative with Terry Angstadt claiming each participating team would receive a six-figure sum from the event promoters in addition to all expenses paid.
• The possibility was left open for a race at Milwaukee, however, ongoing issues involving unpaid sanctioning fees from the management put the race, and the future of the facility, at risk. In November, Historic Mile, LLC. announced they were going out of business. It was announced on December 16 that no national racing series would race at the Milwaukee Mile in 2010 due to the inability for Wisconsin State Fair Park officials to find a replacement promoter for the season.
• The July 25 race in Edmonton went ahead, despite event organizers losing $9.2 million on the race over the previous two seasons.
• 2010 rule changes were announced on January 12, 2010. The 4-position fuel mixture switch was removed so that cars were only able to run on "full rich" or "yellow" fuel settings. The Honda Overtake assist returned with an approximate doubling of bhp increase from last year's 5–20 bhp upon pressing the button. All cars had a reverse gear on the road and street courses and thus reintroduced in 2010.
• IRL founder and IMS board member, Tony George, resigned from the IMS effective immediately on January 19, 2010.
• Former chief executive officer of the Professional Bull Riders, Randy Bernard, was announced as the new IRL CEO on February 2, 2010.
• A carriage dispute between the Comcast Corporation and its Versus channel, and DirecTV that had been in place since August was resolved on March 15, 2010. This meant that Versus was restored to nearly sixteen million customers; returning to coverage that the channel offered before the dispute.
• Indianapolis 500 qualifying in 2010 awarded points to each of the 33 qualifying drivers. The polesitter received fifteen points, with the other drivers on the front row receiving 13 and 12 respectively. Each qualifying driver earned at least three points.
• Two additional titles were awarded starting with the 2010 season, with an oval champion and a road/street course champion being crowned. A trophy and prize money was awarded to the highest points finisher on the 9 road/street courses and 7 oval races. After a fan vote, the names of the championships were announced as the A. J. Foyt Oval Championship and the Mario Andretti Road Course Championship.
• The development freeze introduced for the 2009 season remains in place for the 2011 season.

  Teams and drivers

Driver chart

• This chart reflects confirmed championship participants ONLY. All drivers competed in Honda HI10R V8-powered, Firestone Firehawk-shod, Dallara IR5 chassis. reflects an IZOD IndyCar Series rookie.

Team		Drivers	Rounds
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	14	Vítor Meira	All
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	41	A. J. Foyt IV	6
A. J. Foyt Enterprises	41	Jaques Lazier	6
Andretti Autosport	7	Danica Patrick	All
Andretti Autosport	11	Tony Kanaan	All
Andretti Autosport	26	Marco Andretti	All
Andretti Autosport	27	Adam Carroll	9, 12
Andretti Autosport	37	Ryan Hunter-Reay	All
Andretti Autosport	43	John Andretti	5−6
Bryan Herta Autosport	29	Sebastián Saavedra	6
Chip Ganassi Racing	9	Scott Dixon	All
Chip Ganassi Racing	10	Dario Franchitti	All
Conquest Racing	34	Mario Romancini	1−11
Conquest Racing	34	Francesco Dracone	12
Conquest Racing	34	Bertrand Baguette	13−17
Conquest Racing	36	Bertrand Baguette	3−12
Conquest Racing	36	Francesco Dracone	13
Conquest Racing	36	Tomas Scheckter	14−15
Conquest Racing	36	Roger Yasukawa	16
Conquest Racing	36	Sebastián Saavedra	17
Dale Coyne Racing	18	Milka Duno	All
Dale Coyne Racing	19	Alex Lloyd	All
de Ferran Dragon Racing	2	Raphael Matos	All
de Ferran Dragon Racing	21	Davey Hamilton	6, 14
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	22	Justin Wilson	All
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	23	Ana Beatriz	1
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	23	Tomas Scheckter	6
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	24	Mike Conway	1−6
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	24	Graham Rahal	8
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	24	Tomas Scheckter	7, 10−11
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	24	Paul Tracy	9, 15−16
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	24	J. R. Hildebrand	12−13
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	24	Ana Beatriz	14, 17
Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	25	Ana Beatriz	6
FAZZT Race Team	33	Bruno Junqueira	6
FAZZT Race Team	77	Alex Tagliani	All
HVM Racing	78	Simona de Silvestro	All
KV Racing Technology	5	Takuma Sato	All
KV Racing Technology	8	E. J. Viso	All
KV Racing Technology	15	Paul Tracy	6, 10−11
KV Racing Technology	32	Mario Moraes	All
Newman/Haas Racing Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	02	Graham Rahal	10, 12−14, 16, 17
Newman/Haas Racing Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing	06	Hideki Mutoh	All
Panther Racing	4	Dan Wheldon	All
Panther Racing	20	Ed Carpenter	6, 14−15, 17
Rahal Letterman Racing	30	Graham Rahal	6
Sam Schmidt Motorsports	99	Townsend Bell	6
Sarah Fisher Racing	66	Jay Howard	5−7, 12, 14
Sarah Fisher Racing	66	Graham Rahal	15
Sarah Fisher Racing	67	Graham Rahal	2−4
Sarah Fisher Racing	67	Sarah Fisher	5−8, 14−15, 17
Team Penske	3	Hélio Castroneves	All
Team Penske	6	Ryan Briscoe	All
Team Penske	12	Will Power	All

Team and driver news

• Team Penske: Hélio Castroneves signed a multi-year contract extension with Penske Racing before the 2009 season. Penske ran three full-time teams in 2010, with Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe, and Will Power. Penske shut down their Grand-Am operation to make room for number #12 car. Two long-time Team Penske IndyCar Series team sponsors Phillip Morris International including Marlboro brand and Hugo Boss including BOSS brand were ended their sponsorships after nineteen and twenty-three years respectively.
• Andretti Autosport: Before the 2010 season, the ownership of Andretti Green Racing split and began operating as Andretti Autosport. Co-owners Kim Green and Kevin Savoree owned the promotion side of AGR that stages the St. Pete and Toronto races, while the race team itself is fully owned by Michael Andretti. Tony Kanaan signed a multi-year deal before the 2009 season. Danica Patrick signed a three-year contract extension through 2012 with Go Daddy as primary sponsor. Venom Energy signed a multi-year deal to sponsor Marco Andretti. Ryan Hunter-Reay signed as the team's fourth driver, and drove the #37 machine, with primary sponsorship from series title sponsors, Izod. The team ran a fifth car at Kansas and the Indy 500, for John Andretti. Adam Carroll also contested a partial program with the team. beginning at Watkins Glen.
• Chip Ganassi Racing: Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti returned for 2010. Developmental driver Alex Lloyd left the team to pursue other opportunities. E. J. Viso was working on a deal to join the team in a third car, but joined KV Racing Technology instead. Robin Miller reported Ganassi was looking to field a third car for Graham Rahal, but it did not materialize.
• Luczo Dragon Racing: Raphael Matos signed a multi-year contract before the 2009 season. On February 16, 2010, de Ferran Motorsports merged with the Luczo Dragon team to form de Ferran Luczo Dragon Racing. Davey Hamilton joined the team for Indianapolis and had been expected to run at Texas, and one other oval, in the #21 car with a partnership with Kingdom Racing. However, due to accidents suffered by both Matos and Hamilton at Indianapolis, Hamilton sat out Texas. Hamilton returned at Chicagoland.
• Panther Racing: Dan Wheldon returns for 2010. The team considered adding a second car if funding became available. 2008 GP2 Series champion Giorgio Pantano was in talks with the team.
• A. J. Foyt Enterprises: Vítor Meira returned from injury in 2009 to the #14 car for the 2010 season. The team entered a second car at Indianapolis for A. J. Foyt IV, but he was eventually replaced by Jaques Lazier.
• Conquest Racing: Conquest planned to run one car for the entire 2010 season in addition to a second car at selected events including the Indy 500. After talking with a few different potential drivers, including the team's former Champ Car driver, Jan Heylen of Belgium, Curt Cavin of The Indianapolis Star reported on December 11 that 2009 driver Nelson Philippe had split from the team since his season-ending crash last August at Infineon. Brazilian media outlets reported that Tomas Scheckter had signed for the team, as well as the possibility of running two more cars for a pair of Brazilian drivers. Brazilian journalist Victor Martins reported that Brazilian Mario Romancini had signed a full-season deal with the team, with the agreement confirmed on February 23. 2009 Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion Bertrand Baguette was confirmed by the team on March 22, 2010, beginning his season at the inaugural Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. Romancini was replaced by Francesco Dracone for Mid-Ohio and Sonoma, due to Romancini running into budgetary troubles.
• HVM Racing: Robert Doornbos had been signed for 2010 midway through the 2009 season, but Doornbos was released. E. J. Viso's contract with the team expired. Simona de Silvestro, third place in the 2009 Atlantic Championship, tested with HVM on December 8–9 at Sebring. She was later signed to be full-time driver for 2010.
• Newman/Haas Racing: 2009 driver Graham Rahal became a free agent, but had expected to re-sign with the team. Former driver Sébastien Bourdais had also been linked to rumors regarding the team. 2007 Indy Pro Series champion Alex Lloyd ran the final race of 2009 in the team's No. 40202 entry. He attempted to put together a sponsorship package to secure one of the team's seats for 2010. During the VERSUS television commentary on the final race of the 2009 season, it was stated that Alex Lloyd "had the seat for 2010" although there is not official announcement or citation. The Indianapolis Star reported on November 6 that Hideki Mutoh and sponsor Formula Dream was to join Rahal and Lloyd in 2010 at NHL, but neither HER Energy Drink nor McDonald's continued their sponsorships. Mutoh announced on his website that he had signed with the team on February 19, 2010, for a third year in the IndyCar Series. On March 24, 2010, Robin Miller reported that Rahal was likely to return to the team after his three-race deal with Sarah Fisher Racing, but the expected funding did not materialise until July.
• Newman Wachs Racing: Team owner Eddie Wachs said the team wanted to leave the Atlantic Championship and race in the IndyCar Series or GP2 Series in 2010. The team's driver would have been the 2009 Atlantic Championship and 2008 Star Mazda Championship winner John Edwards. The team intended to test Edwards in an IndyCar, but ultimately entered the Rolex Sports Car Series GT class with Edwards and Adam Christodoulou as drivers.
• Sarah Fisher Racing: SFR announced the addition of a second car at selected 2010 events. Fisher was scheduled for nine races. Jay Howard ran the #66 car at four races. On March 1, 2010 the TBC Retail Group announced they would sponsor Howard and the No. 66 Service Central car at Kansas Speedway. Graham Rahal drove Fisher's Dollar General entry at St. Pete, Barber and Long Beach while he was out of a ride.
• Vision Racing: Team owner Tony George had been hopeful of returning to a two-car team, with Ed Carpenter driving. However, it was announced on January 28, 2010 that Vision Racing had suspended operations due to a lack of sponsorship. The team appeared at Indianapolis only, in a partnership with Panther Racing with Carpenter driving.
• FAZZT Race Team: The new team owned by Montreal entrepreneur Andre Azzi, Jim Freudenberg, and Jason Priestley purchased all of the equipment of Roth Racing, including four Dallara chassis. They competed full-time in 2010 with driver Alex Tagliani, whom they signed to a four-year contract to drive the #77 car. Walker Racing veteran Rob Edwards was team manager. Tagliani was joined by Bruno Junqueira at the Indianapolis 500, who competed in the #33 car.
• Rahal Letterman Racing: Owner Bobby Rahal hoped to secure sponsorship to compete full-time in 2010. This did not occur, but the team entered Indianapolis with son Graham.
• Walker Racing: The team hoped to rejoin the IndyCar Series in 2010 if sponsorship was found, however the team lost longtime Team Manager Rob Edwards to the FAZZT Race Team.
• Dale Coyne Racing: The team was due to announce the driver for the #19 Boy Scouts of America entry by the end of January. Coyne announced during a January 11 teleconference with Versus lead announcer Bob Jenkins that he would run two cars in 2010; however, after Dreyer & Reinbold Racing signed Dale Coyne Racing's 2009 driver Justin Wilson with Wilson's Z-Line Designs driver sponsorship, it looked like Coyne would field just one entry full-time, but in an official press release, Coyne reiterated that the team's "drivers" would be announced soon and that Wilson's departure, while unfortunate, was not completely unexpected. In the same press release he mentioned Graham Rahal and J. R. Hildebrand as the team's top targets. Hildebrand revealed on his Twitter account that he would be testing with Coyne's team at Sebring on February 15. Robin Miller reported that Milka Duno was the likely teammate of Hildebrand and that Rahal had turned down Coyne's offer of a seat. Duno was confirmed by the team on March 4, 2010. On March 8, Gordon Kirby reported that Alex Lloyd would be driving the #19.
• Dreyer & Reinbold Racing: British pairing Justin Wilson and Mike Conway were presented to the media at a February 2 press conference, at the team's race shop in Carmel, Indiana. The team left the #23 entry open for a 3rd car, if the funding became available. Ana Beatriz announced on her website that she would be driving that entry in the season-opening race in São Paulo. E. J. Viso also tested with the team on December 9, 2009 at Sebring. Tomas Scheckter returned to the team for the Indianapolis 500, taking over the #23 car that Beatriz drove in Brazil. Beatriz herself moved to a fourth Dreyer & Reinbold car – the number 25 entry – for Indianapolis. After Conway's injury at the Indianapolis 500, he missed the rest of the season. Scheckter replaced him at Texas and Graham Rahal replaced him at Iowa, joining former Newman/Haas Racing teammate Wilson. Paul Tracy drove the car at Watkins Glen with Robbie Buhl working on a deal to move Rahal to the vacant #23 machine. J. R. Hildebrand replaced Conway at two events and drove the team's No. 24 Roll Coater entry for Mid-Ohio and the No. 24 TranSystems machine in Sonoma.
• KV Racing Technology: Team owners Kevin Kalkhoven and Jimmy Vasser expanded from one to three cars for 2010. According to a radio interview on "Trackside with Curt Cavin and Kevin Lee", Paul Tracy had a verbal commitment with KV Racing to drive for the team in the Indy 500, Toronto, Edmonton, and one other race airing on ABC with sponsorship from GEICO and Honda Canada. Mario Moraes was expected to return in light of Jimmy Vasser returning from Brazil recently, according to Robin Miller's mail bag. On February 13, the team announced that E. J. Viso would test for the team at Sebring International Raceway on February 15, with the intentions of securing a full-time deal. Former Formula One driver Takuma Sato was confirmed by the team on February 18. On February 22, the team confirmed that Viso would drive for the team, driving the #8 car. Former Honda Formula One test driver James Rossiter had been expected to join the team as a third full-time driver, with Tracy in a fourth car part-time, but Mario Moraes returned to the team, driving the #32 car.
• CURB/Agajanian/3G Racing: In a statement made on October 7, 2009, Stanton Barrett claimed "We CURB/Agajanian/3G Racing are all working to find the proper sponsorship for next year" and that the team is, "working to see which races Stanton can run next year." Team co-owner Steve Sudler said in an interview with blog 16th and Georgetown that Richard Antinucci would be one of the team's drivers in 2010 and the team was building its program around him. The team explored possibilities for a second car, most likely for Jaques Lazier or Stanton Barrett. However, the team made no official announcement and did not participate in the open test at Barber Motorsport Park. Team 3G planned to start in St. Pete with Antinucci, however this did not happen.
• Bryan Herta Autosport: Herta formed the team in 2009 in a partnership with Vision Racing, and planned to enter at Indianapolis. On February 23, 2010, Curt Cavin reported that Sebastián Saavedra had signed full-time with BHA in Firestone Indy Lights and would run this year's Indianapolis 500. Blog Da Indy reported that Saavedra could have also run the Indycar races at Texas, Toronto, Sonoma and Homestead.
• Sam Schmidt Motorsports: Townsend Bell competed in the Indianapolis 500 in the #99 car, run in conjunction with Chip Ganassi Racing.

  Testing

Race summaries

Round 1: [São Paulo Indy 300]

• Sunday March 14, 2010 – 1:07 p.m. BRT / 12:07 p.m. EDT
• Streets of São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil; Temporary street circuit,
• Distance: 75 laps / ; reduced to 61 laps / due to rain and two-hour time limit.
• Race weather:, scattered clouds with intermittent rain.
• Television: Versus
• Nielsen ratings: 0.40
• Attendance: 46,000
• Pole position winner: #10 Dario Franchitti, 1:27.7354 sec,
• Most laps led: #10 Dario Franchitti, 29
• Race Report: 2010 São Paulo Indy 300

  Round 2: [Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg]

• Monday March 29, 2010 – 10:25 a.m. EDT; postponed from Sunday March 28 due to rain.
• Streets of St. Petersburg – St. Petersburg, Florida; Temporary street circuit,
• Distance: 100 laps /
• Race weather:, scattered clouds
• Television: ESPN2
• Nielsen ratings: 0.6
• Attendance:
• Pole position winner: #12 Will Power, 1:01.6026 sec,
• Most laps led: #12 Will Power, 50
• Race Report: 2010 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

  Round 3: [Indy Grand Prix of Alabama]

• Sunday April 11, 2010 – 3:45 p.m. EDT / 2:45 p.m. CDT
• Barber Motorsports Park – Birmingham, Alabama; Permanent road course,
• Distance: 90 laps /
• Race weather:, clear skies
• Television: Versus
• Nielsen ratings: 0.30
• Attendance: 53,555
• Pole position winner: #12 Will Power, 1:10.1356 sec,
• Most laps led: #26 Marco Andretti, 58
• Race Report: 2010 Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

  Round 4: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach">Grand Prix of Long Beach">Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

• Sunday April 18, 2010 – 4:15 p.m. EDT / 1:15 p.m. PDT
• Streets of Long Beach – Long Beach, California; Temporary street circuit,
• Distance: 85 laps /
• Race weather:, clear skies
• Television: Versus
• Nielsen ratings: 0.54
• Attendance: race day 65,000 – estimated/reported weekend 170,000
• Pole position winner: #12 Will Power, 1:09.3185 sec,
• Most laps led: #37 Ryan Hunter-Reay, 64
• Race Report: 2010 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

  Round 5: [RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300]

• Saturday May 1, 2010 – 2:00 p.m. EDT / 1:00 p.m. CDT
• Kansas Speedway – Kansas City, Kansas; Permanent racing facility,
• Distance: 200 laps /
• Race weather:, partly cloudy
• Television: ABC
• Nielsen ratings: 0.8
• Attendance: 15,000
• Pole position winner: #6 Ryan Briscoe, 1:43.1747 sec,
• Most laps led: #9 Scott Dixon, 167
• Race Report: 2010 RoadRunner Turbo Indy 300

  Round 6: 94th Indianapolis 500">Indianapolis 500">94th Indianapolis 500

• Sunday May 30, 2010 – 1:12 p.m. EDT / 12:12 p.m. CDT
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Speedway, Indiana; Permanent racing facility,
• Distance: 200 laps /
• Race weather:, partly cloudy
• Television: ABC
• Nielsen ratings: 3.6
• Attendance:
• Pole position winner: #3 Hélio Castroneves, 2:37.9154 sec,
• Most laps led: #10 Dario Franchitti, 155
• Race Report: 2010 Indianapolis 500

  Round 7: [Firestone 550]

• Saturday June 5, 2010 – 8:50 p.m. EDT / 7:50 p.m. CDT
• Texas Motor Speedway – Fort Worth, Texas; Permanent racing facility,
• Distance: 228 laps /
• Race weather:, clear skies
• Television: Versus
• Nielsen ratings: 0.3
• Attendance: 73,000
• Pole position winner: #6 Ryan Briscoe, 1:37.3275 sec,
• Most laps led: #6 Ryan Briscoe, 102
• Race Report: 2010 Firestone 550

  Round 8: [Iowa Corn Indy 250]

• Sunday June 20, 2010 – 2:15 p.m. EDT / 1:15 p.m. CDT
• Iowa Speedway – Newton, Iowa; Permanent racing facility,
• Distance: 250 laps /
• Race weather:, clear skies
• Television: Versus
• Nielsen ratings: 0.2
• Attendance: 34,248
• Pole position winner: #12 Will Power, 1:10.9925 sec,
• Most laps led: #10 Dario Franchitti, 69
• Race Report: 2010 Iowa Corn Indy 250

  Round 9: [Camping [World Grand Prix at The Glen]]

• Sunday July 4, 2010 – 3:55 p.m. EDT
• Watkins Glen International – Watkins Glen, New York; Permanent racing facility,
• Distance: 60 laps /
• Race weather:, clear skies
• Television: ABC
• Nielsen ratings: 0.9
• Attendance:
• Pole position winner: #12 Will Power, 1:29.3164 sec,
• Most laps led: #12 Will Power, 45
• Race Report: 2010 Camping World Grand Prix at The Glen

  Round 10: [Honda Indy Toronto]

• Sunday July 18, 2010 – 1:00 p.m. EDT
• Streets of Toronto – Toronto, Ontario; Temporary street circuit,
• Distance: 85 laps /
• Race weather:, mostly cloudy
• Television: ABC
• Nielsen ratings: 0.9
• Attendance:
• Pole position winner: #22 Justin Wilson, 1:00.2710 sec,
• Most laps led: #22 Justin Wilson, 32
• Race Report: 2010 Honda Indy Toronto

  Round 11: Honda Indy Edmonton">Edmonton Indy">Honda Indy Edmonton

• Sunday July 25, 2010 – 5:55 p.m. EDT / 3:55 p.m. MDT
• Edmonton City Centre Airport – Edmonton, Alberta; Temporary airport course,
• Distance: 95 laps /
• Race weather:, clear skies
• Television: Versus
• Nielsen ratings: 0.31
• Attendance:
• Pole position winner: #12 Will Power, 1:00.7126 sec,
• Most laps led: #12 Will Power, 76
• Race Report: 2010 Honda Indy Edmonton

  Round 12: Honda Indy 200">Honda 200">Honda Indy 200

• Sunday August 8, 2010 – 3:00 p.m. EDT
• Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course – Lexington, Ohio; Permanent racing facility,
• Distance: 85 laps /
• Race weather:, clear skies
• Television: Versus
• Nielsen ratings: 0.33
• Attendance:
• Pole position winner: #12 Will Power, 1:07.1997 sec,
• Most laps led: #77 Alex Tagliani, 30
• Race Report: 2010 Honda Indy 200

  Round 13: Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma">Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy Grand Prix">Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

• Sunday August 22, 2010 – 5:50 p.m. EDT / 2:50 p.m. PDT
• Infineon Raceway – Sonoma, California; Permanent racing facility,
• Distance: 75 laps /
• Race weather:, clear skies
• Television: Versus
• Nielsen ratings: 0.25
• Attendance:
• Pole position winner: #12 Will Power, 1:16.5282 sec,
• Most laps led: #12 Will Power, 73
• Race Report: 2010 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

  Round 14: [Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300]

• Saturday August 28, 2010 – 7:50 p.m. EDT / 6:50 p.m. CDT
• Chicagoland Speedway – Joliet, Illinois; Permanent racing facility,
• Distance: 200 laps /
• Race weather:, clear skies
• Television: Versus
• Nielsen ratings:
• Attendance:
• Pole position winner: #6 Ryan Briscoe, 50.5857 sec,
• Most laps led: #6 Ryan Briscoe, 113
• Race Report: 2010 Peak Antifreeze & Motor Oil Indy 300

  Round 15: [Kentucky Indy 300]

• Saturday September 4, 2010 – 8:50 p.m. EDT
• Kentucky Speedway – Sparta, Kentucky; Permanent racing facility,
• Distance: 200 laps /
• Race weather:, clear skies
• Television: Versus
• Nielsen ratings:
• Attendance:
• Pole position winner: #20 Ed Carpenter, 48.8958 sec,
• Most laps led: #4 Dan Wheldon, 93
• Race Report: 2010 Kentucky Indy 300

  Round 16: [Indy Japan 300]

• Sunday September 19, 2010 – 1:00 p.m. JST / 12:00 a.m. EDT
• Twin Ring Motegi – Motegi, Tochigi; Permanent racing facility,
• Distance: 200 laps /
• Race weather:, partly cloudy
• Television: Versus
• Nielsen ratings: 181,000 viewers
• Attendance:
• Pole position winner: #3 Hélio Castroneves, 54.1803 sec,
• Most laps led: #3 Hélio Castroneves, 153
• Race Report: 2010 Indy Japan 300

  Round 17: [Cafés do Brasil Indy 300]

• Saturday October 2, 2010 – 7:00 p.m. EDT
• Homestead-Miami Speedway – Homestead, Florida; Permanent racing facility,
• Distance: 200 laps /
• Race weather:, clear skies
• Television: Versus
• Nielsen ratings:
• Attendance:
• Pole position winner: #10 Dario Franchitti, 50.1532 sec,
• Most laps led: #10 Dario Franchitti, 128
• Race Report: 2010 Cafés do Brasil Indy 300

  Season Summary

Race results

Final driver standings

• Extra points awarded for qualifying at Indianapolis based on drivers performance.
• Ties in points broken by number of wins, followed by number of 2nds, 3rds, etc., and then by number of pole positions, followed by number of times qualified 2nd, etc.